Samsung Unveils $1.1B Silicon Valley Innovation Center

[zakislam]

Firm wants to find the "next big thing" in technology.

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[A Bad Day]

I wonder if the $1 bil investment will pay off.

Maybe it might give Samsung a little push in its market competition with Apple.

 

[in_the_loop]

I'm not sure if I think this is good or bad.
On one hand it is good with more competition.
On the other, Samsung has already announced plans about other OS;es besides android.
And Samsung has added things to their Android version (like split screen and other stuff) that isn't officially part of android.
I just forks android more and isn't good as a whole, I think.
Better leave it to Google to innovate with things that all the android devices could make use of!

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]in_the_loop[/nom]I'm not sure if I think this is good or bad.On one hand it is good with more competition.On the other, Samsung has already announced plans about other OS;es besides android.And Samsung has added things to their Android version (like split screen and other stuff) that isn't officially part of android. I just forks android more and isn't good as a whole, I think.Better leave it to Google to innovate with things that all the android devices could make use of![/citation]
Why wait for Google to do something when you can do it yourself and set yourself apart from the competition? In the end Samsung is still using the base Android code just with modifications to their UI and some added apps, the same as all others just what Samsung is adding is stuff no other company has thought of yet.

 

[downhill911]

Funny to see foreign companies coming to US while US companies try to outsource as much as they can.

 

[merikafyeah]

Not sure what kind of technology they're looking for, but when I think of world-changing technology, the only things that come to mind are thorium reactors, and really, really good batteries.

Better save the planet before thinking up better toys IMO.

 

[Afrospinach]

[citation][nom]downhill911[/nom]Funny to see foreign companies coming to US while US companies try to outsource as much as they can.[/citation]

If you consider the situation it is not quite as straight as you put it. Samsung is coming to the US for R&D, probably because of it's large number of qualified personnel relative to other areas, vs US companies doing R&D in the US and outsourcing production. Where are Samsung products made? Where are Apples products designed? They kind of have the reverse position. They are both just taking advantages of resources. Now if Samsung started *making* phones in the US, it would be another story.